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• China-Africa cooperation key to implementing G20 outcomes

  09-12-2025 03:08 via article.wn.com
  China and African nations should deepen cooperation in economic growth, sustainable development, digital transformation, and people-to-people exchanges in order to implement the outcomes of the latest G20 summit and accelerate Africa's modernization over the next five years, according to experts. Patrick Maluki, chair of the Department of Diplomacy and International Studies at the University of Nairobi, said the G20 summit reaffirmed global priorities that closely align with Africa's development
  
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• Suspect in fatal stabbing of Ukrainian refugee appears in federal court

  11-12-2025 22:09 via independent.co.uk
  Brown’s attorneys filed a motion this week seeking for him to undergo a psychiatric evaluation
  
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• Iraq secures UNESCO intangible cultural heritage listing for 4 traditions

  11-12-2025 22:02 via article.wn.com
  BAGHDAD, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Four Iraqi cultural elements have been inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage...
  
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• FIFA accused of ‘monumental betrayal’ over 2026 World Cup ticket prices

  11-12-2025 22:02 via article.wn.com
  Soccer fans have accused FIFA of a “monumental betrayal” after the latest prices for World Cup tickets began to circulate on Thursday. The governing body allocates 8% of tickets to national associations for games involving their team to sell to the most loyal fans. And a list published by the German soccer federation revealed prices ranged from $180-$700 for varying group stage games. The lowest price for the final was $4,185 and the highest was $8,680. Those group-stage prices are v
  
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• Transatlantic Cable Equipment and Gnome Garden Among Heritage Protected in 2025

  11-12-2025 22:01 via article.wn.com
  Transatlantic cable equipment, an Arts and Crafts garden with gnomes and elves and an “exceptionally” rare shipwreck are among the...
  
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• Several GCSE and A-level Exams Could Be Taken on Screen From 2030

  11-12-2025 22:01 via article.wn.com
  Several exams across GCSEs and A-levels could be taken on screens from the end of the decade under new...
  
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• Quebec Government Reaches Agreement in Principle With Family Doctors

  11-12-2025 22:01 via article.wn.com
  The Quebec government announced Thursday that it has reached an agreement in principle with its family doctors, agreeing to...
  
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• MP Aaron Gunn Says He Is ‘Seriously Considering’ Running for BC Conservative Leadership

  11-12-2025 22:01 via article.wn.com
  Federal Conservative MP Aaron Gunn says he is “seriously considering” whether to pursue the...
  
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• Flu Cases in NHS Hospitals Jump 55% in One Week, Figures Show

  11-12-2025 22:01 via article.wn.com
  The number of people in hospital in England with flu remains at a record level for this time of year...
  
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• Council ‘Deeply Saddened’ by Theft of More Than 600 Items From Museum Collection

  11-12-2025 22:01 via article.wn.com
  A city council says it is “deeply saddened” by the theft of more than 600 artefacts from its museum...
  
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• Yemen's head of UN-backed government urges separatists to pull back from recently-seized areas

  11-12-2025 21:56 via article.wn.com
  Yemen's government-run news agency says...
  
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• US seizes oil tanker off Venezuela coast, Trump says

  11-12-2025 21:56 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON ‒ The United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid a monthslong buildup of military forces surrounding the country, President Donald Trump confirmed on Dec. 10. “As you probably know, we’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela,” Trump said at a meeting at the White House. “Largest one ever seized, actually. And other things are happening,” the president said. “I assume we’re...
  
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• ‘Unimaginable’: The toll on Haiti’s women and girls raped by violent gangs

  11-12-2025 21:56 via article.wn.com
  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — There were...
  
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• Toronto police say man who died in 2019 is perpetrator of 3 cold case homicides

  11-12-2025 21:56 via article.wn.com
  A Canadian man who died in 2019 has...
  
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• Pakistan's ex-spy chief jailed 14 years for abuse of power

  11-12-2025 21:56 via article.wn.com
  A military court sentenced the former head of Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence spy agency to 14 years in prison for violating state secrets and abusing his authority, the army said Thursday. Faiz Hameed, who served during the tenure of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, was also convicted of "engaging in political activities" and causing "wrongful loss to persons", the army's publicity wing said in a statement. Faiz Hameed, a lieutenant general who stepped...
  
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• How Nobel winner María Corina Machado outsmarted Maduro’s forces to get to Norway

  11-12-2025 21:56 via article.wn.com
  The extraordinary escape of Venezuelan...
  
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• Sao Paulo blackout leaves 1.4M without power, hundreds of flights canceled

  11-12-2025 21:55 via article.wn.com
  More than 1.4 million of Sao Paulo...
  
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• In stunning reversal for Europe, Greek finance minister elected as Eurogroup president

  11-12-2025 21:55 via article.wn.com
  Greek Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis has been elected as president of the Eurogroup — a move that would have been unthinkable just 10 years ago, when the country was in the throes of a deep financial crisis that almost saw ......
  
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• US sanctions Maduro's nephews, six ships carrying Venezuela oil, says Axios

  11-12-2025 21:53 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The United States imposed new sanctions on Thursday on three nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and six ships transporting the nation's oil, Axios reported. Read full story ......
  
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• Hungary expands gas diversification with new Azeri framework

  11-12-2025 21:53 via article.wn.com
  BUDAPEST, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Hungarian...
  
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• Chinese microfiber firm to build 40-mln-USD project in Egypt

  11-12-2025 21:53 via article.wn.com
  CAIRO, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Suez...
  
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• Chinese carmaker Geely launches new hybrid car in Israel

  11-12-2025 21:53 via article.wn.com
  JERUSALEM, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese carmaker Geely Auto on Thursday launched its first hybrid model in Israel, Geo Mobility, Geely's official importer, said in a statement. Read full story ......
  
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• As Trump misses deportation goals, ICE pushes migrants to give up their cases

  11-12-2025 21:53 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The email...
  
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• African Development Bank approves 150 mln euro loan for Morocco

  11-12-2025 21:53 via article.wn.com
  RABAT, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The African...
  
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• Justice Department fails to reindict NY Attorney General Letitia James

  11-12-2025 21:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  The original indictment against James was thrown out by a judge in November
  
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• White House weighs tapping substitutes for Trump on the road after affordability rally veers off-script: ‘He’s stubborn’

  11-12-2025 21:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  “I just don’t think Trump is temperamentally capable of reversing himself and saying, ‘Yes, affordability is a concern,’” a former administration official said.
  
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• ‘What is this, the Soviet Union?’: Senate parents shred Trump’s call to limit doll purchases for US kids

  11-12-2025 21:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Senators with children weren’t impressed with the billionaire president’s call for tariff-weary parents to limit Christmas toy purchases
  
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• Algerian nanny in France on trial for allegedly poisoning Jewish family ‘because they have money’

  11-12-2025 21:51 via article.wn.com
  A nanny from Algeria went on trial Tuesday in a suburb of Paris for allegedly poisoning the Jewish family she was employed by because of their religion. The defendant, identified as Leïla Y., 42, had been living in France illegally when she was first hired by the Jewish family in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris, in November 2023, according to the French outlet Le Parisien. Two months later, the mother of the family, who has three children aged 2, 5 and 7, went to a local police station after sh
  
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• What is the discovery process in a truck accident case?

  11-12-2025 21:42 via article.wn.com
  The Callahan Law Firm reports the discovery process in truck accident cases involves exchanging information and evidence to resolve legal issues before trial. ......
  
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• U.S. prepares to seize more tankers off Venezuela, sources say

  11-12-2025 21:41 via article.wn.com
  The U.S. is preparing to intercept...
  
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